Store front



Sept. 17, 1929. J. w. SCHIEFFER STORE FRONT Filed June 1928 PatentedSept. 17, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT O FFICE" JOSEPH W. SCHIEFFER, OF NEWCANAA N, CONNECTICUT STORE FRONT Application filedJune 22, 1928. SerialNo. 237,484; I I I device.

Another object of the invention is to provide a store front that issimple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture and install.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combinati on and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated. in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim..

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a store front constructed in accordancewith the present invention and showing the same applied to the front ofa building.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 3-3 of Figure1.

Figure 4 is a top plan view.

Figure 5 is a detail view showing a portion of the store front andillustrating the manner of covering the space between the store frontand building and at the ends thereof.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the letter A indicates a buildingand B the cornice work thereof.

The store front which forms the subject matter of the present inventionis designed to be detachably associated with the front of a building sothat it can be moved from building to building as desired and includes apair of spaced walls 1 and 2 which are provided with a curved top 3 soas to simulate the roof of a lunch Wagoner other vehicle and secured tothe curved top is an elongated strip of material 4. shaped to follow thecurvature of the top. The strip 4t is relatively wide and is secured tothe curved top 3 so that its major portion extends outwardly inoverhanging relation with respect to the walls 1 and 2 as best shown inFigures land 2 of the drawings. l I

The walls 1 and 2 have formed therein a plurality of registeringopenings 5 and these" openings are closed by windows 6 which'may bemounted for slidable movement in the usual manner as willbe apparent. Adoor opening. 7 is likewise formed in each of the walls 1 and 2 and thisopening 7 is closed by a door 8 hingedly secured in any well kn manner.n

Any number of Window openings 5n1ay be provided and in the presentconstruction I have illustrated seven openings in the walls, three ofwhich are disposed upon onesido of the door opening,:while one isdisposed on the other side thereof. Arranged adjacent the top of thewalls 1 and 2 is a pair of window openings Qthat are relatively smallerI than the openings 5 andthese window openings .9 are likewise closedbywindows which are preferablysecuredin fixed position.

Thestore front may be secured in contacting engagement withthe front ofa building when no, projecting parts are included in said building, butwhen cornice such as indicated by the letter B extends outwardly from a,

building, the store front must necessarily be secured in spaced relationto the front of the building and in this event I provide spacing blocks10 which are adapted to receive bolts 11 having nuts, and the bolts arepassed through the walls 1 and 2 adjacent the respective corners thereofas best shown inFigure 1 of the drawings.

In order to cover. thespace between the store front and the front of thebuilding,

there is provided cover plates 12 for the ends I of the frontand asimilar plate 13 for the top. The plate 13 is curved to follow thecurvature of the strip 1 and each of the plates 12 and 13 are providedwith slots 15 for receiving bolt and nut connections 16 passing throughthe strip 4 and end strips 17 that extend inwardly from the outer edgesof the inner wall 2 as best shown in Figure 3.

By this construction, it will be obvious that the cover plates 12 and 13are adjustably associated with the store front for the purpose ofcovering spaces of various widths that may occur between the store frontand the front of buildings when the store front is moved from buildingto building as will be apparent.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawings, it will beobvious that I have provided a detachable store front that may besecured to most any building such as a residence or the like forconverting the same into a store, and the store front is shaped in amanner to simulate a lunch wagon or the like.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A store front of the character described comprising a pair of spacedwalls secured together and being provided with window and door openings,windows and a door for closing said openings, said walls being providedwith a curved top, a strip secured to the curved top and disposed inoverhanging relation with respect to said walls, means for securing saidwalls to the front of a building, end strips secured to the walls,plates having slots therein, means carried by the strips and received insaid slots for adjustably mounting the plates with respect to the stripsand holding the plates in adjusted position for closing space betweenthe store front and the front of the building.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH W. SCHIEFFER.

